The ShEO of Design
Samantha Joie runs her own graphic design business as an empowered female entrepreneur Without a doubt, you have seen one of Samantha Joie’s designs on campus, and if you haven’t, get ready to see more of her work. As the…
Recent Stories
Here's a few of the many stories we have in store for our 2025 Templar Yearbook!
Meet Temple’s Love Your Melon Campus Crew
The organization works to bring joy and love to children with cancer Most people remember their childhood as time of playing outside in the sun and simply being happier. But for a child with cancer, the experience can be drastically…
Klein Senior and New Yorker by day, DJ by Night
What life is like as a DJ and a college student at Temple University We’ve all walked to class with earbuds in our ears. For us, drowning out the world is only temporary. For Kendall Jones, it’s her entire life.…
Uzuri Dance Company: Daughters of the Sun
Representation matters, and the women of Uzuri Dance Company are demonstrating that with each step While watching Uzuri Dance Company perform, one thing became clear: the magic of women of color is powerful. Specializing in contemporary modern dance, the organization…
Dante Moreno’s Grind is Nonstop
Student at Temple balances school, work, and making his dreams come true. When Dante Moreno first hosted his high school’s pep rally, he knew he never wanted to put the microphone down again. “High school is where ‘TizzTheInfluence‘ was born.”…
It’s Not an Organization — It’s Family
E-board members share how TUPAC is not just your average club as it approaches its 25th anniversary. To outsiders, the black jacket with TUPAC’s logo might mean nothing — but to members of the club, it symbolizes family, or “kapamilya.”…
Dave & Juice: Changing the party landscape at Temple
Close friends, often referred to as Dave and Juice walked into the doors of Tuttleman Learning Center at Temple University and sat down almost perfectly in-sync to begin their Templar interview. Juice who’s real name Samer El-Amine is a…
The Face Underneath the Makeup
Jaya Bolden: Student, sister, makeup artist, entrepreneur Starting your own business is not easy, especially for senior communication studies major Jaya Bolden. She faced criticism from her family when she first explored her passion for cosmetics. “I would ask my…
Studying abroad offered Temple students life-changing opportunities
Imagine having the opportunity to spend an entire semester immersing yourself in a culture completely different from your own; using your education to, not only, broaden your knowledge about your intended field of study, but also the world around you.…
From Temple University to TLC: Meet the student who made it to the small scree
Neha Raman is a girl boss you should meet
Shine bright like a Diamond
Temple Diamond Gems’ seniors are moving on
Meet the creator of Lo Último, Temple’s first fifteen minute show in complete Spanish
On a normal day, you wouldn’t see Sierra Guenst awake before 10am but today was a special day as she was rushing to Studio 3. Guenst was gearing up for the first fifteen minute Spanish Temple Update show on…
Temple students tell us their Game Day rituals
Football game day is an important part of students’ lives at Temple University. Game day typically includes tailgates, food, cherry and white clothing all over the Lincoln Financial Field, and of course―Temple football! Students love Game Day because they get…
Temple Owls Square off against Temple Alumni in Lacrosse Exhibition
For the first time, the score did not matter to the Temple women’s lacrosse team, not even for head coach Bonnie Rosen and her staff. On Sept. 23, 2017, nobody recorded how many goals the Temple women scored or how…
She’s The First Temple is helping to end educational inequality worldwide
She's the First helps provide the resources for women to get an education and to support women who will be the first in their families to graduate from high school
Meet the team behind Big Brothers and Big Sisters at Temple
“My Little comes down the stairs every week saying, ‘Oh girl! I’ve been waiting for you to come all week, I have to tell you a secret,’ and then she hugs me,” said Isabel Sefton, the Vice President of Big…
Dyymond Whipper-Young is Temple Made
Dyymond Whipper-Young is a nationally recognized artist, and not to mention, a Temple student. She is a senior advertising major at Temple University with an art direction in Klein College of Media & Communication and a minor in entrepreneurship. “Art…